Improvement in catamenial bandages



l UNITED STATES hvln F. nosesrsomor Mi-IDDLToyvN, New Aroma.

IMPROVEMENT iN CATAMENIAL isANDAGEs.

Speciiietion formingr part ni' ln-ters Patent No. 45,523. dated December20, ISM.

To all n-llmn 'it 'may concern: i

13e itknown that l, VliAvin I". Ronnit'isoN, ot' Middletown, in thecounty ol Orange, in the Statie of N ew York, have inventei'l acutamenial or periodical bandage for ladies, by which-their menstrualdischarge is absorbed and retained, and their persons, clothing', and

bedding preserved unsoiled thereby; und I,

do declare that the following is a l'ull and exact description thereof,reference being had to takably noted by the eye not to need to" bedesignated individua-ily till I .come to speak of their use endmodus.operandi, which l now proceed to do.

The bandage goes on over the feet. The hands take the belt opposite thecenter ot' the sack, the two shortV stays 13 and l2 indienting' thefront part ot' the bandage. The i'eet successively are to be introducedbehind these short sta-ys and between the side of the sack and belt. Thebelt is then drawn up until it eneircles the body above the pelvis, andthe sack made to occupy the space between the legs. The short stays willthen cover either groin, and the long or back stays will pass from thebelt behind the hipjoint to take the rear of the sack. These stays aremarked 56 and 78 on the drawings.

0i' the uses of the elustit' belt l need only say that it is convenient,seltadjusting, without buckle-sor buttons, in'iparting,r rather ai ypleasant and bracing sensation to the wearer,

and furnishes al stable support for the stays leading` to the sack orconnecting it with the sack. These stays are four in number, and theirelasticity `supplants the necessity of buckles and buttons. They serveanother very important purpose, for it is by these that the `sack isiliade seltladjusting.

tact with the inside ot' the legs, whether the legs are near together orwide apart, or wh eth-V er the space between themA be one, two,.or

three inches. The elastic tape in the borderv of the sack permits thiswidening ot' the front and rear of the sack by the lateral pulling-of:the stays, while the draw ot the stays upward keeps every part of thesack snugly to the body. i

The sack itseli' is simply iinl'iervions, and admits ot' cleansing'without injury when soiled. 'lnus we have a perfect seltadjustng;`period-ical bandage without a buckle or button, and

one that cannot bedisplaeed by 'any position the wearer can assume. Itmaybe worn with l pleasure, and does igs work at all times and nude;-all circumstances perfectly.

`What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

/The elastic tape around the border of the suck ior controlling,I theadaptation and fit of the sack, as herein set forth.

i)AVl l) F. lUl-llt'lS( iN.

NiinesseA 'ltnevns Woon, WAL Moons.

